The first half of 2016 has seen church demolitions in Cuba gather pace as the government crackdown on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) on the island continues. The authorities have also begun to confiscate 1,400 Assemblies of God (AOG) churches that were earmarked for seizure in 2015, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Egypt is scheduled to vote as early as next month on a law that would ease the country’s historic restrictions on church construction.
The greater the persecution, the greater the revival. It’s a phrase Chinese Christians are using these days, and with good reason.
A Swedish church intends to use drones to drop thousands of digital Bibles into ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq, where Christians are among the terrorist organization’s main targets.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has decided to move a May 2017 summit on Christian persecution from Moscow to Washington, D.C., following Russia’s passage of a controversial law curtailing evangelism.
Christianity in Myanmar is growing at a dramatic rate despite threats from Buddhist nationals, according to the UN Population Fund.
The Slavic Centre for Law and Justice, an affiliate of the American Center for Law and Justice, said a new manner of carrying out missionary work in Russia will have to be established.
When we think of Iran, scenes of mobs shouting “death to America,” blindfolded hostages, and radical leaders demanding nuclear technology come to mind. But there’s another side of the country: Iranians who love America, Israel, and Jesus Christ.
An Iranian court has again refused a Christian prisoner an extension of her medical leave despite a doctor’s advice that the treatments be continued.
Chinese authorities in Zhejiang province have postponed the trial of five Christians who have been detained for defending their rights.
A convert from Islam who was sentenced to five years in prison for “disturbing the national security of Iran” is praying for an appeal after waiting more than a year for a hearing on his sentence.
In Egypt, so-called reconciliation meetings often intimidate Coptic Christians into surrendering their legal rights while their Muslim assailants avoid any punishment for their violence.
The House of Commons in Canada recently voted against a motion declaring that the atrocities committed by the Islamic State against religious minorities in Syria and Iraq were actually acts of genocide.
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II and other senior leaders of the Syriac Orthodox Church survived an assassination attempt on June 19.
Efforts to repeal Egypt’s blasphemy law are being opposed by its own administration.
A Christian was stabbed in Kaduna state, Nigeria, this month just because he was not participating in the annual Ramadan fast.
Last month in Punjab state, India, a Christian was severely beaten after he protested the desecration of a Christian graveyard by local Hindus.
Last month local police detained three Christians in China’s Guangdong province for possessing religious materials, including a Bible.
A Christian in eastern Uganda who had recently received death threats was murdered on June 4.
Seven Christians were arrested for distributing biblical handbooks to hundreds of students in the Dolakha district of Nepal.